Vidhulaku Mrokkedha

 

Ragam: Mayamalavagowlai  {15th Melakartha Ragam}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayamalavagowla

               ARO:     S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S     ||

               AVA:     A N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S    ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: Thyagaraja

Version: M.S. Subbulakshmi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llsETzsGWzU )
Lyrics Courtesy: www.karnatik.com (Rani) and Lakshman Ragde

http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c2933.html

Meaning Courtesy: https://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2007/03/thyagaraja-kriti-vidulaku-mrokkeda-raga.html 

Youtube Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWszTbKSkm0

Audio MP3 Class: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/vidulaku-class.mp3

 

 

Pallavi:

vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

 

Anupallavi:

mudamuna shankara krta sAma nigama vidulaku nAdAtmaka sapta svara

 

Charanam:

kamalA gaurI vAgIshvari vidhi garuDa dhvaja shiva nAradulu amarEsha bharata kashyapa
caNDIsha AnjanEya guha gajamukhulu su-mrkaNDuja kumbhaja tumburu vara sOmEshvara
shArnga dEva nandi pramukhulaku tyAgarAja vandyulaku brahmAnanda sudhAmbudhi marma

 

Meaning Courtesy: https://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2007/03/thyagaraja-kriti-vidulaku-mrokkeda-raga.html 

 

Pallavi:

Sahityam: vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

Meaning: I salute (mrokkeda) the maestros (kOvidulaku) of music (sangIta).

 

Sahityam: mudamuna shankara krta sAma nigama vidulaku nAdAtmaka sapta svara

Meaning: I joyously (mudamuna) salute -

the masters (vidulaku) of sAma vEda (nigama) created (kRta) by Lord Sankara and

the maestros (vidulaku) of sapta svara – nAda embodied (Atmaka) (nAdAtmaka).

 

Sahityam:kamalA gaurI vAgIshvari vidhi garuDa dhvaja shiva nAradulu amarEsha bharata kashyapa
Meaning:  I salute these chieftains (pramukhulaku) –

lakshmI (kamalA), pArvatI (gaurI), sarasvati – Goddess (ISvarI) of speech (vAk) (vAg-ISvarI), brahmA (vidhi), Lord vishNu – having garuDa as flag (or banner) (dhvaja), Lord Siva, sage nArada (nAradulu),

indra – Lord (ISa) of celestials (amara) (amarESa), sages bharata, kASyapa,

 

Sahityam:caNDIsha AnjanEya guha gajamukhulu su-mrkaNDuja kumbhaja tumburu vara sOmEshvara

Meaning: caNDISa, AnjanEya, subrahmaNya (guha), vinAyaka – elephant (gaja) faced (mukhulu),

sages mArkaNDEya – son of mRkaNDu (su-mRkaNDuja), agastya – pitcher born (kumbhaja), tumburu – chief of gandharva – celestials musicians, the blessed (vara) sOmESvara,

 

Sahityam:shArnga dEva nandi pramukhulaku tyAgarAja vandyulaku brahmAnanda sudhAmbudhi marma

Meaning: SArnga dEva, nandI – the bull – carrier of Lord Siva, and

all others worshipped (vandyulaku) by this tyAgarAja - knowers of the secrets (marma) of the Ocean (ambudhi) of nectar (sudhA) (sudhAmbudhi) of Supreme Bliss (brahmAnanda).

 

Pallavi:

vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

 

 

 

 

Sahityam: vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

I salute ("mrokkeda") the enlightened souls ("ko-vidulaku") ...

 

M , m     , g- R      S,n          Srg         | rs S                S,r          G R        G ;          ||

 vi- du    --    la     ku--       mro--        - - -                kkE-       da -         -  -

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          S rg        | rs S                S,r          G R        G ;          ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -                kkE-       da -         -  -

 

... well versed  ("Ko-vidhulaku") in music ("sangita"), which they have used as a vehicle for worshipping and realising the Lord....

 

S M        G - M     P ;           Pdp         |  Pdm                mgR      mp M      M ;         ||

san-        -     gI     -  -          - - -             -  - -    ta- -       kO - -      - -

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          srgr         | grsn                S , p        pm Pdp pm M     ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -                kkE-       da -         -  -

 

S M        G - M     P ;           dn S       |  sn D     PM       gmpd       ndpm      ||

san-        -     gI     -  -          - - -             -  - -    ta- -       kO - -      - -

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          S rg        | rs S       ; S             r-G r       G ;          ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -       - kkE        - da -      -  -

 

; ;            ; ;            ; ;            ; ;            | ; ;          ; M           g- pmg   R ;          ||

- -           - -           - -           - -             - -         -  -              -  -   - -   - - -

 

; ;            rs S         ; ;            ; ;            |  ; ;         ; ;              ; ;            ; ;            ||

- -           - - -         - -           - -              - -        - -              - -           - -

 

Anupallavi:

mudamuna shankara krta sAma nigama vidulaku nAdAtmaka sapta svara

 

Sahityam: mudamuna shankara krta sAma nigama vidulaku nAdAtmaka sapta svara

Meaning: I joyously (mudamuna) salute -

the masters (vidulaku) of sAma vEda (nigama) created (kRta) by Lord Sankara and

the maestros (vidulaku) of sapta svara – nAda embodied (Atmaka) (nAdAtmaka).

[My obeisance ("mrokkeda") to those who are proficient in the Saama Veda ("nigama") which emanated from Lord Shiva ("Mudamuna Shankara"), as a musical outpouring ("krita"). ]

 

G , m      ; mdP     , D ,        dn ;         | ;  ;                D- N       , S ,         ; ;            ||

muda      - mu--     - na-       shan-        -  -        -    ka           - ra-        - -

 

; ;            ; ;            ; ;            ; ;            | ; ;          ; ;              ; ;            ndpm     ||

- -           - -           - -           - -             - -         - -              - -           - - - -

 

G , m      ; mdP     , D ,        dn ;         | S rsS                D- N       , S ,         ; ;            ||

muda      - mu--     - na-       shan-        -  -        -    ka           - ra-        - -

 

N , s       ; - S        R S         S , n        | D N      ; N            S ;           ndpm      ||

kr  ta      -  sA       -  -          ma-           ni -       - ga           ma-        - - - -

 

G , m      ; mdP     , D ,        dn ;         | sn rsS                nd- N     , S ,         ; ;            ||

muda      - mu--     - na-       shan-        -  -        -     ka           - ra-        - -

 

N , s       ; - sg       R S         S , n        | D N      ; N            S ;           ; ;            ||

kr  ta      -  sA       -  -          ma-           ni -       - ga           ma-        - - - -

 

My salutations to the elevated souls ("vidhulaku") who have realized the seven notes - SAPTA SWARA - as the divine emanations from Omkaara  ("Naada-atmaka") -- the primordial eternal sound, Naada, a facet of the transcendental Godhead, BRAHMAN.

 

S , s        ;  R         , S ,         N S         | N D                P D         N ;          nsrs  , r   ||

vidu        -  la         - ku-       nA-           -   -       -  -              dA-         -  -  - -

 

N ,   d     ;  M        P  ,m      mg mg   | mp mp   mg R      gmpd      nd pm    ||

tma-ka   -  sa        -   -         pta - -       --  - -      sva- -   ra - -          - - - -

 

Sahityam: vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

I salute ("mrokkeda") the enlightened souls ("ko-vidulaku") ...

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          srgr         | grsn                S , p        pm Pdp pm M     ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -                kkE-       da -         -  -

 

S M        G - M     P ;           dn S       |  sn D     PM       gmpd       ndpm      ||

san-        -     gI     -  -          - - -             -  - -    ta- -       kO - -      - -

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          S rg        | rs S       ; S             r-G r       G ;          ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -       - kkE        - da -      -  -

 

; ;            ; ;            ; ;            ; ;            | ; ;          ; M           g- pmg   R ;          ||

- -           - -           - -           - -             - -         -  -              -  -   - -   - - -

 

; ;            rs S         ; ;            ; ;            |  ; ;         ; ;              ; ;            ; ;            ||

- -           - - -         - -           - -              - -        - -              - -           - -

 

Charanam:

kamalA gaurI vAgIshvari vidhi garuDa dhvaja shiva nAradulu amarEsha bharata kashyapa
caNDIsha AnjanEya guha gajamukhulu su-mrkaNDuja kumbhaja tumburu vara sOmEshvara
shArnga dEva nandi pramukhulaku tyAgarAja vandyulaku brahmAnanda sudhAmbudhi marma

 

Sahityam:kamalA gaurI vAgIshvari vidhi garuDa dhvaja shiva nAradulu amarEsha bharata kashyapa
Meaning:  I salute these chieftains (pramukhulaku) –

lakshmI (kamalA), pArvatI (gaurI), sarasvati – Goddess (ISvarI) of speech (vAk) (vAg-ISvarI), brahmA (vidhi), Lord vishNu – having garuDa as flag (or banner) (dhvaja), Lord Siva, sage nArada (nAradulu),

indra – Lord (ISa) of celestials (amara) (amarESa), sages bharata, kASyapa,

 

Sahityam:caNDIsha AnjanEya guha gajamukhulu su-mrkaNDuja kumbhaja tumburu vara sOmEshvara

Meaning: caNDISa, AnjanEya, subrahmaNya (guha), vinAyaka – elephant (gaja) faced (mukhulu),

sages mArkaNDEya – son of mRkaNDu (su-mRkaNDuja), agastya – pitcher born (kumbhaja), tumburu – chief of gandharva – celestials musicians, the blessed (vara) sOmESvara,

 

Sahityam:shArnga dEva nandi pramukhulaku tyAgarAja vandyulaku brahmAnanda sudhAmbudhi marma

Meaning: SArnga dEva, nandI – the bull – carrier of Lord Siva, and

all others worshipped (vandyulaku) by this tyAgarAja - knowers of the secrets (marma) of the Ocean (ambudhi) of nectar (sudhA) (sudhAmbudhi) of Supreme Bliss (brahmAnanda).

 

My salutations ("vandyulaku mrokkeda") to Lakshmi ("kamala"), Paarvati ("gowri"), ...

 

P D         P ;           ; ;            ; M         |   mg mg     Mpd            pmM       ; ,g   ||

kama      lA-          - -           -  -              gau--        - - -               rI -          - - -

 

... Sarasvati ("vaagishwari"), Brahma ("vidhi"), ...

 

P , d        N- D       P ;           ; M         | mpmg R      ; M             M M    mg M ||             

vA-         -   gI       - -           - shva       ri- - -   -      - vi             dhi-        -  - -

 

P D         P ;           ; ;            ; M         |   G M        gm P            P ;        ; ;        ||

kama      lA-          - -           -  -              gau--        - - -               rI -          - - -

 

P , d        ns- D      P ;           ; M         | mpmg R      ; M             M M    ;  ;       ||             

vA-         - -  gI      - -           - shva       ri- - -   -      - vi             dhi-        -  - -

 

... Vishnu ("garuda Dhwaja"), Shiva, ...

 

G M       P , d        dPm       M ;         | mpmg R        ; mg   rsS ;                 ; ;      ||

ga ru       Da -         - - -        dhva-        ja - -  - -        - shi-  va - -                - -

 

... Naarada, ...

 

;  S         ;  rm       M, r        M ;         |  M  ;             ; ;                ; ;       ; ;            ||

- nA        -  ra-       du--        -  -            lu -              - -               - -       - -

 

... Indra ("amara-eesha"), Bharata, ...

 

P , dp     m - P      G M       M P        |  ; pm       D P         D ;          ; ;            ||

a-  ma     -     rE     -    -        sha-           - bha      ra-          ta -          - -

 

... Kaashyapa, Chandikeshwara ("chandisha"), ...

 

DN         ; D          P ;           M ,m      |  M P,d     pmM ;   G ;          ; ;            ||

kaa-        - shya     pa           caN-          -  -  -       DI-  - -  sha-         - -

 

... Anjaneya, Subrahmanya ("Guha"), ...

 

G - gp    mg - R     , S ,       sr G        | R G      ; mg          M P        ; ;            ||

A   - -      - -    nja  - nE       ya- -         -   -       - gu-         ha -         - -

 

... Vighneshwara ("gajamukhulu"), ...

 

; D          N D        P ;           pM,  ,g   | mp mp   mgR       S ;           ; ;            ||

 ga          ja mu      khu-       lu -    -       -  - - -     -  - -     -  -             - -

 

...Maarkandeya ("su-mrukanduja"), ...

 

 

N , r        ; mg       R G        M ;         |  M ;                gmpm  ,p   pmM ;       ; ;    ||

su-mr     - kaN      -    -        Du-            ja -                 kum-  -  -     - - - -        - -

 

 

... Agastya ("kumbhaja"), Tumburu, ...

 

S  R        ; M         G M       P ;           | pp mg     M - M    P ;           ; ;            ||

bhaja      - tum      -   -         bu-           ru-  -        -    va  ra-              - -

 

... Someshwara, Sarngadeva, ...

 

D N        ; D          P ;           pmM , d | pmM    ; ;              P ;           G M       ||

sO-         - mE       - - -         shva-        raa- -     - -           shA        -  rnga

 

...Nandi ...

 

G M       P D         D N        D  ;         | D N                S gr        rs S         ; ;            ||

dE-         va-          - -           -   -           nan-      -  -              di - -       - -

 

 

 

... and others ("pramukhulaku") who know the secret ("marma") of the Bliss Supreme ("sudhaambudhi") -- Brahmaananda.

 

S n- s      rn- D      P , d        pmM , d | pmM ;     D P         D ;          ; ;            ||             

pra- mu  - -  khu   la- -        ku - -  -     -    -   -     tyA-       ga -         - -

 

P D         D N        N D        ;  dn        | ;  S        ; R         r s S          ; ;            ||

rA-         ja -          -   -         -  van-      -  dyu   - la            ku- -       - -

 

S ;          R- G       ; ;            M ,g       | pmgr                sn D       S ;           nsrs  ,r    ||

brah-      mA-       - -           nan--        -  - - -                da- -       su-          - - -  - -

 

sn Srs     S - D      P ;           M ,g       | mp mp     mg R   gmpd        ndpm     ||

dhA- -    -    mbu  dhi          ma- -         - -  - -     -  - -    rma- -        - - - -

 

Sahityam: vidulaku mrokkEda sangIta kO

I salute ("mrokkeda") the enlightened souls ("ko-vidulaku") ...

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          srgr         | grsn                S , p        pm Pdp pm M     ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -                kkE-       da -         -  -

 

S M        G - M     P ;           dn S       |  sn D     PM       gmpd       ndpm      ||

san-        -     gI     -  -          - - -             -  - -    ta- -       kO - -      - -

 

M mp     m g- R   S,n          S rg        | rs S       ; S             r-G r       G ;          ||

vi- du       --    la   ku--        mro--       - - -       - kkE        - da -      -  -

 

; ;            ; ;            ; ;            ; ;            | ; ;          ; M           g- pmg   R ;          ||

- -           - -           - -           - -             - -         -  -              -  -   - -   - - -

 

; ;            rs S         ; ;            ; ;            |  ; ;         ; ;              ; ;            ; ;            ||

- -           - - -         - -           - -              - -        - -              - -           - -

 

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Meaning: (From T.K. Govinda Rao's book)

I salute ("mrokkeda") the enlightened souls ("vidulaku") well versed  ("Ko-vidhulaku") in music ("sangita"), which they have used as a vehicle for worshipping and realising the Lord.

My obeisance ("mrokkeda") to those who are proficient in the Saama Veda ("nigama") which emanated from Lord Shiva ("Mudamuna Shankara"), as a musical outpouring ("krita"). My salutations to the elevated souls ("vidhulaku") who have realized the seven notes - SAPTA SWARA - as the divine emanations from Omkaara  ("Naada-atmaka") -- the primordial eternal sound, Naada, a facet of the transcendental Godhead, BRAHMAN.

My salutations ("vandyulaku mrokkeda") to Lakshmi ("kamala"), Paarvati ("gowri"), Sarasvati ("vaagishwari"), Brahma ("vidhi"), Vishnu ("garuda Dhwaja"), Shiva, Naarada, Indra ("amara-eesha"), Bharata, Kaashyapa, Chandikeshwara ("chandisha"), Anjaneya, Subrahmanya ("Guha"), Vighneshwara ("gajamukhulu"), Maarkandeya ("su-mrukanduja"), Agastya ("kumbhaja"), Tumburu, Someshwara, Sarngadeva, Nandi and others ("pramukhulaku") who know the secret ("marma") of the Bliss Supreme ("sudhaambudhi") -- Brahmaananda.